Biosystematic analysis of the Cirsium arizonicum complex of the southwestern United States
PH.D. Dissertation of Patricia Barlow-Irick
July 2002
CHAPTER 1. OVERVIEW
CHAPTER 2. STUDIES OF CHARACTER VARIATION
- 2.1 Floret Metrics in the Cirsium arizonicum complex.
- 2.2 Looking for homology in all the wrong places: Thistle leaf metrics.
- 2.3 The search for informative characters: Achene morphometrics
- 2.4 Character analysis: Discrete and miscellaneous characters
- 2.5 Patterns of pollen stainability in the Cirsium arizonicum complex and sympatric thistle populations.<
- 2.6 Examining the utility of ratios to describe leaf shape.
- 2.7 Temporal variation in morphometric characters of Cirsium.
CHAPTER 3. DOCUMENTING THE POLLINATION BIOLOGY OF THE CIRSIUM ARIZONICUM COMPLEX
CHAPTER 4. REDELIMITATION OF THE CIRSIUM ARIZONICUM COMPLEX
APPENDIX 1. LOCATIONS USED IN THIS STUDY
APPENDIX 2. VARIATIONS IN LEAF FORM AMONG AND WITHIN UNITS.
APPENDIX 3. PHOTOGRAPHS OF CAPITULA FOR EACH UNIT DISCUSSED. ...NOTE: this is a 3 megabyte file.
APPENDIX 4. MAPS OF THE LOCATIONS WITHIN EACH UNIT.
APPENDIX 5. PICTORAL KEY TO THE REDELIMITED CIRSIUM ARIZONICUM COMPLEX
APPENDIX 6. GLOSSARY OF TECHINCAL TERMS FOR NON-TECHNICAL READERS